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name: "Bill Moores"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-moores"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 October 1934"
died: "13 April 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:22.555861+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bill Moores

Actor. Born 16 October 1934 in Old Swan, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Died 13 April 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 October 1934, Old Swan, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- **Died:** 13 April 2015
- **Active:** 1988–1991

## Biography

Bill Moores (1934–2015) was a British actor from the Liverpool area. He began his career in local amateur dramatics with groups including the Rainhill Garrick Society and the Rainhill Amateur Operatic Society.

He appeared in several notable television productions and films, including *Boys from the Blackstuff* (1982), *No Surrender* (1985), *Distant Voices, Still Lives* (1988, uncredited), and *Riff-Raff* (1991) as Smurph. He was best known for playing the regular pub character Cedric in the Liverpool-set sitcom *Watching* (1987–1993).

Moores also served as head of the Liverpool division of the actors’ union Equity. He lived in Prescot, Merseyside, until his death in 2015.

*Sources: imdb.com, sthelensstar.co.uk, entertainment.ie.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Riff-Raff* (1991), Fi1m 77, as Smurph — [page](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md)
- *Distant Voices, Still Lives* (1988), Fi1m 90, as Pubgoer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/distant-voices-still-lives.md)

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